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From: Y Khan <ykhanportland@yahoo.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: class_device_create() and the mode of the device file in /dev.
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:49:25 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <288328.633.qm@web90313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)

Hi All,

I am porting a driver from 2.4 to 2.6. I have replaced
the call devfs_register() with class_create() and
class_device_create(). Now, udev is automatically
creating the device file in /dev.

The device file being created has a default mode of
0600. Is it possible to override this default mode
from inside the kernel. I do not want to do anything
in the configuration file for udev.

I could modify the attribute of the class and the
class device but I do not think that they will change
the default permissions for the /dev device file.

devfs_register() used to take a mode argument.

So, is there anyway of achieving this in 2.6.

-Y




       
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             reply	other threads:[~2007-05-22 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-22 22:49 Y Khan [this message]
2007-05-23  3:46 ` class_device_create() and the mode of the device file in /dev Kay Sievers
2007-05-23 23:29   ` Y Khan

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